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WORT 89.9FM Madison

WORT 89.9FM Madison

Listener-sponsored, volunteer-powered, noncommercial community radio broadcasting to south-central Wisconsin at 89.9 FM and online at wortfm.org via our studios in Madison. We provide an outlet for communication, education, free expression, entertainment, training and access for the purpose of sharing music, information, news, and cultural experiences, and strive to give people underrepresented elsewhere in traditional media a voice. NOTE: Most of the content posted at this time are news stories

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00:29:41

Udderly Fed Up: Monroe Dairy Workers Strike Over...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/08/28

Joining Tony on the Thursday Buzz this morning is Christine Neumann-Ortiz, who explains how the acquistion of W&W Dairy by Dairy Farmers of America has led to an employee strike. In mid-August, 43 long-time, mostly Hispanic immigrant employees at W&W Dairy in Monroe walked off the job to protest the enforcement of a new E-Verify requirement for all staff. They demanded severance pay-specifically three weeks of pay per year of service plus accrued PTO-before being compelled to verify their

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00:28:17

Queer & Women Music Production with Audrey Martinovich

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/08/28

Queer & Women Music Production with Audrey Martinovich by WORT 89.9FM Madison

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00:07:52

Madison, August 1963

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/08/28

A look back at how both Madison daily newspapers provided covered the civil rights movement and race relations in August, 1963.

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00:07:40

Forecast From Wednesday 8-27-25

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/08/28

Forecast From Wednesday 8-27-25 by WORT 89.9FM Madison

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00:48:14

A Kinship with Ash: Heather Swan

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/08/27

n this edition of Madison Book Beat, host Lisa Malawski sits down with Wisconsin poet, essayist, and environmental humanities scholar Heather Swan. A lecturer at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, Swan brings a unique blend of ecological insight and lyrical depth to her writing, exploring the fragile intersections between humans and the natural world.Image courtesy of Lisa Malawski

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00:03:30

Plan Commission unanimously backs tree protection...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/08/27

After delaying action on the proposal at their last meeting, Madison’s Plan Commission voted Monday to recommend an ordinance that would strengthen tree protections in the city. Image courtesy: Shayna Clark / WORT News

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00:08:48

Get To Know Michael Haas, Madison’s City Attorney and...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/08/27

It takes a lot of staff to keep the city running, but many of them work behind the scenes. This week on “Get To Know Your Local Government,” WORT reporter Sutton Johnson returns to City Hall to meet Michael Haas, who’s currently pulling double duty as both City Attorney and interim City Clerk. Appointed to fill a vacancy after the embattled former city clerk was placed on administrative leave this spring, Haas joined WORT the same day that the city announced a permanent replacement: Lydia McComas

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00:03:57

Democrats introduce “compromise” bill to save...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/08/27

The Knowles-Nelson Stewardship Program reflects Wisconsin's bipartisan commitment to conservation. But after three decades of success and public support, that commitment is under threat. With the program now set to expire in 2026, a new bill seeks to save it. Image courtesy: Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources via Facebook.

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00:51:13

Moms Are the OG Organizers

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/08/27

Kate Duffy, believes in the power of everyday voices and that the best political conversations often start around a kitchen table (or in the carpool line). If you’re a mom on social media, you might know Kate from her Instagram profile, @motherhoodforgood, an account with more than 150K followers. She joins host Ali Muldrow today to talk about parenting and recent wins for women in democratic politics like Catelin Dreyʼs winning campaign for Iowa Senate in a special election this week. Featured

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00:05:38

Abayomi Azikiwe on how unions can defend democracy

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/08/27

Abayomi Azikiwe, a long-time Detroit activist and publisher of the Pan-African Newswire, spoke with WORT's Zoe Sullivan about the role labor unions can play in defending democracy.

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00:16:33

buzz-8-27-25-Mursel-Sabir

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/08/27

Mursel Sabir, Executive Director of Afghans Empowered talks about the goals of their organization: support Afghan refugees' social, economic, and human rights worldwide. Over 800,000 Afghans currently living in Pakistan, some all their lives, are being forced out to a country they have never lived...as thousands of Afghans who aided the U.S. during the twenty years of occupation and were given Temporary Protected Status as refugees in the U.S. have seen their protection revoked by the Trump

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00:21:01

buzz-8-27-25-Sarah-Anderson

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/08/27

"At a time when many American workers are struggling with high costs for groceries and housing, the nation’s largest low-wage employers are fixated on making their overpaid CEOs even richer." That's the bottom line of the 31st "Executive Excess Report" -- authored by Sarah Anderson from the Global Economy Project of the Institute for Policy Studies of the 100 S&P companies with the greatest pay differences. Anderson cites the example of the Starbucks CEO earning 6,666 times the salary of the

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00:50:31

First They Sexualize Us, Then They Royalize Us

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/08/27

Today on the too Turnt Up Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with Tara Wilhelmi and Antoine McNeail, no-show guests mean it’s a free-for-all. Talking about school leads to serious talk about clothes and sexualizing young girls and fostering change in the way we treat each other.Apply by September 3rd for the Urban League’s Healthcare Administration Training Program: https://www.facebook.com/events/1967007027467513 more information at ulgm.org. Listen in Madison at 89.9FM or online anywhere at wortfm.org.

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00:13:30

Wisconsin Farmers Union sounds the alarm on USDA...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/08/26

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is seeking public comment on a so-called “reorganization plan” that includes relocating thousands of employees based in the DC area to five hubs across the country. Secretary Brooke Rollins has characterized the plan as a win-win. In a video announcement in late July, she argued that the plan would eliminate redundancy within the department, lower USDA staff’s cost of living and bring them closer to the people they serve. But critics point out that the overhaul

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00:05:17

Less SAT, More USD: Madison School Board Broadens...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/08/26

Madison’s Board of Education passed three new performance objectives yesterday – ones that will shape the school district’s focus in the next academic year and in years to come.

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00:53:30

From the Archive: The Politics of Climate Change in 1998

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/08/26

A Public Affair has been a steady voice in WORT's talk programming for over 30 years. As the station celebrates its 50th year on the air, we wanted to remember some conversations our team has brought you. Today we’re rebroadcasting a show from December of 1998 in which host Dan Jaffee interviews Susan Nossal, an atmospheric physicist at the University of Wisconsin and Nancy Cole, of the Union of Concerned Scientists. Featured image of a sign from a Canadian protest in 2007, demanding compliance

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00:24:03

Pakistani Power Has a Moment

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/08/26

Shezad Baloch, a seasoned journalist in Pakistan and now resident in Madison, grew up in Balochistan, Pakistan, the country’s largest and least populated province. Shezad has been with WORT's World View in the past to explain the Pakistani government’s relationship with Balochistan and how the province’s natural resources are a draw for international exploitation. Now the US government is cozying up to Pakistan and has held talks with Pakistan’s powerful military as US relations with the

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00:09:24

Wisconsin youth sue for the “right to a stable climate”

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/08/25

More than a dozen Wisconsin young people under the age of eighteen are suing the Public Service Commission and the state Legislature. Their argument: Wisconsin law favors the fossil fuel industry and is driving the state to expand its greenhouse gas emissions. Not only do these laws contribute to a worsening climate crisis, their attorneys contend, but they also violate Wisconsin youth’s constitutional rights. To learn more, our News Producer Faye Parks sat down with Tony Wilkin Gibart, executive

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00:05:24

Demonstrators outside governor’s mansion demand...

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/08/25

Governor Tony Evers’ time in office is coming to an end. But prison reform advocates say there’s still time for him to follow through on his campaign promises. They gathered outside the governor’s mansion Saturday to share their message. Image courtesy: Brian Standing / WORT News.

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00:07:24

Dropping cheddar cheese pricing

WORT 89.9FM Madison ·

2025/08/25

Cheddar is the dairy industry’s cheese pricing basis. And with 90 percent of all Wisconsin milk going into the cheese vat, a sudden drop in the price of cheddar is a cause for alarm. In this edition of “The Milkweed,” Pete Hardin and Bert Zipperer discuss the latest cheddar trends – and the many factors behind a significant price drop earlier this month. Photo by Tanya Barrow on Unsplash

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